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ENGL 286 - 19th-Century British Fiction: Engines, Evolution, Empire


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 4 Hours
Attribute: 4 HU, WR
New course added 10.23.12.

This course will cover a broad range of fiction that aimed to represent, critique, or intervene in the period’s major historical events and social concerns: the expanding British Empire (King Solomon’s Mines and The Moonstone); industrialization and urbanization (North and South); gender roles (Jane Eyre); detectives and investigation (Sherlock Holmes stories); class mobility and what it means to be a gentleman (Great Expectations); and the intersection between science and sexuality (Tess of the d’Urbervilles). British, 1700-1900.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: J. Kuskey
Prerequisites & Notes
For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled ‘200-Level Courses.’



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